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62-655: The Evergreen State Fairgrounds feature permanent facilities that are used year-round for Northwest horse shows, trade shows, swap meets, auto races and more. They are also home to the Gary Weikel Events Center (a 4,000 square foot multi-purpose building) and the Evergreen Speedway , the only NASCAR venue in Washington with a 7,000-seat covered grandstand. In addition the site hosts a clear-span sports arena that can seat 4,000, two RV areas with dump stations, and

124-592: A 1/8-mile dragstrip, and the #2 ranked figure-eight track in the United States. The track is the only sanctioned NASCAR track in Washington State. Evergreen Speedway hosts Formula D the third weekend in July every year. Along with NASCAR, the multi-purpose track can be configured to road courses with sanctioned SCCA, USAC, ASA and NSRA events. Under new ownership for the 2011 season and beyond, Evergreen Speedway has become

186-532: A 2002 rule change that mandated that any driver competing in a NASCAR national touring series (Truck, Busch, Cup) or any regional series race on the weekend of a national series race must be at least 18 in order to comply with the Master Settlement Agreement. After NASCAR phased out tobacco sponsorships, the minimum age for regional touring series was changed to 16, and the Truck Series' rule regulated

248-603: A NASCAR Top Ten Short Track in North America from 2012 though 2016. The land was originally the Snohomish County poor farm, which was established in 1893. In 1949 the county allowed the Evergreen State Fair to use a portion of the land. In 1950 the county allowed the fair to use more land upon which a 5/8's mile horse track was built. In 1954 Jimmie Collier convinced Snohomish County officials to allow him to convert

310-430: A constant basis. That's just how the system works." BKR ended up shutting down after the 2017 season. To cut costs, NASCAR required teams to use sealed engines, with teams not being allowed to run at most three races with a previously used engine. Additionally, NASCAR reduced the maximum number of pit crew members allowed over the wall for a pit stop from seven to five, and required teams to only take either fuel or tires on

372-697: A full-time return to NASCAR with a full factory-backed effort. While Dodge continued to race in the other series until 2012, the Ram Trucks division (spun off from Dodge after the Fiat Group took control of Chrysler) raced in the Camping World Truck Series in Dodge's place. In 2014, Ram pulled out, leaving the Nationwide Series as the last series with teams fielding Dodge. As of the 2021 season, no teams in

434-462: A half race, which allowed them to learn conserving the truck. Some drivers used the rules to learn tire conservation for other series. In 1997, NASCAR started phasing pit stops. During the 1997 season, trucks could only legally take fuel and make adjustments during pit stops during the race. Tire changes were still illegal except for emergency causes and at break times. For a short time in 1995, NASCAR adopted traditional short-track rules by inverting

496-521: A meeting in a Burbank, California hotel on April 11, 1994; the meeting ultimately led to the creation of the "SuperTruck Series". Four demonstration races were held at Mesa Marin Raceway , Portland Speedway , Saugus Speedway and Tucson Raceway Park . Tucson held four events that winter, which were nationally televised during the Winter Heat Series coverage. Sears, Roebuck, & Co., through

558-715: A minimal role in this " minor league " series, there is no controversy like the disputes over " Buschwhackers " in the Busch (later Nationwide, now Xfinity Series). No current Cup regulars drive a full Truck Series schedule, although Cup driver Kevin Harvick owned his own team in the series until 2011, Brad Keselowski owned his own team until he announced its cessation of operations in 2017. A current Truck Series field could be split into three groups: Cup drivers that compete as owner-drivers like Busch, or to receive additional money like David Gilliland ; Truck regulars who compete full-time in

620-445: A minimum age of 16 for any oval circuit two kilometers (1.25 miles) or shorter or road courses, with a rule of 18 for ovals 1.33 miles or longer. In later years, though, the Truck Series has also become a place for Cup veterans without a ride to make their living which included Ricky Craven , Jimmy Spencer , Dennis Setzer , Brendan Gaughan (who started his career in a family-owned team, and after his Nextel Cup attempt, returned to

682-415: A number of cars at the front of the grid after complaints about some races where drivers led the entire event. That was dropped quickly after some races ended as walkovers for drivers, leading entire races. A more popular rule that was effective until the middle of the 2004 season was the "overtime" rule. Unless interrupted by weather, Craftsman Truck Series races had to end under green flag conditions, and

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744-541: A pavement truck racing series. They visited NASCAR Western Operations Vice President Ken Clapp to promote the idea, who consulted Bill France Jr. with it, but the plans fell apart. Afterwards, Clapp told the four to build a truck before NASCAR considered it. Bakersfield fabricator Gary Collins built a prototype truck, which was first shown off during Speedweeks for the 1994 Daytona 500 and tested by truck owner Jim Smith around Daytona International Speedway . The truck proved to be popular among fans, and NASCAR arranged

806-481: A race at Fontana replacing Mansfield) airing on Fox as NASCAR on Fox events. These broadcasts were discontinued in 2011. On August 13, 2013, Speed was converted into Fox Sports 1 (FS1), continuing with all Truck Series race broadcasts, whereas some practice and qualifying sessions were moved to sister channel Fox Sports 2 (FS2). For the 2014 season, the Fred's 250 at Talladega had its race broadcast moved from FS1 to

868-526: A rule similar to those used in longer-distance Super Late Model events such as the Snowball Derby that limited how long a race can go before a competition caution for pit stops or adjustments in an effort to reduce green-flag pit stops, with which younger and more inexperienced drivers were unfamiliar. The limit was 20 minutes of green flag racing (in theory 75 laps at Bristol, or 60 laps at Martinsville), without beneficiaries being awarded. Upon each restart,

930-482: A single pit stop in 2009. This requirement was abandoned for the 2010 season. Starting with the 2011 season, NASCAR implemented a new rule that allows drivers to compete for the drivers' championship in only one of the three national touring series (Cup, Xfinity, or Truck) in a given season. On January 19, 2016, NASCAR announced the introduction of a playoff format similar to the NASCAR Cup Series Chase for

992-483: A stop. In 1996, some races went to two intermissions for full tire and fuel stops, while longer races were stopped at three times—a limited break near the one-quarter and three-quarter marks for fuel stops, and at the halfway point for fuel and tire stops. If tire wear was a concern, NASCAR also permitted two-tire changes if necessary in the first and third period breaks. These rules were influential in driver development. Drivers had to learn to conserve tire wear for up to

1054-612: A variety of other permanent exhibition facilities. The first agricultural show in Snohomish County was held in November 1874 by local farmers and tradesmen at the Blue Eagle Building in Snohomish . The Snohomish County Agricultural Society organized annual editions of the fair until 1878, sending exhibits to represent the county at a territorial fair in Olympia , but was unable to continue

1116-405: A weekly basis. Some of the classes that can currently be seen are Speedway Chevrolet Super Late Models ( Super Stocks ), Les Schwab Street Stocks (Bombers), Foster Press Mini Stocks, Super Figure-Eights, Outlaw Figure-8s, Stinger-8s, Northwest Legends, Hornets Jr. Hornets (12-14 year olds), School Bus Races, Crash Cars, Demolition Derbies , Drifting , Autocross , and drag racing . 2012 marked

1178-527: Is an automobile racetrack located within the confines of the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington . The stadium can accommodate up to 7500 spectators in the covered grandstand and an additional 7500 in the uncovered modular grandstands. The layout of the track is unique in that it incorporates an oversized 5/8-mile paved outer oval, a 3/8-mile paved inner oval, a 1/5-mile paved inner oval,

1240-473: The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic (lasting until 1921), World War II , and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic . As of 2023, the Evergreen State Fair runs for 12 days in late August and early September with a break day. Approximately 45 percent of waste is recycled or composted as part of a county program. 47°51′59″N 121°59′20″W  /  47.86639°N 121.98889°W  / 47.86639; -121.98889 Evergreen Speedway Evergreen Speedway

1302-764: The Craftsman brand, served as the sponsor of the series on a three-year deal, and the series was renamed to the Craftsman Truck Series in 1996. In addition, the series' $ 580,000 purse is larger than the Busch Grand National Series ' fund. While a new series, it garnered immediate support from many prominent Winston Cup Series team owners and drivers. Prominent Cup owners Richard Childress , Rick Hendrick , and Jack Roush owned truck teams, and top drivers such as Dale Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan also fielded SuperTrucks for others. The series also attracted

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1364-502: The "500," the richest and most prestigious race in the west. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ran an event at Evergreen Speedway once per year from 1995 to 2000. High Road Promotions LLC owner Douglas Hobbs won the Snohomish County bid to operate Evergreen Speedway until 2036. The 25-year contract, beginning in March 2011, ensures NASCAR will remain in the state of Washington. As the only NASCAR track in Washington state, Evergreen Speedway

1426-529: The Cavalcade of Valleys, in areas around Monroe during the Great Depression and World War II . The county fair was moved permanently to Monroe, opening at the modern-day fairgrounds on September 5, 1946, and renaming itself to the Evergreen State Fair in 1949. A 4,000-seat sports arena was completed in 1970, coinciding with a longer ten-day run for the fair. The fair has only been cancelled three times: during

1488-525: The Championship : the format consists of eight drivers across three rounds, with two drivers being eliminated after each round. Starting in 2020 season , the playoff was expanded to 10 drivers, with two being eliminated after the first round and four being eliminated after the second round. Camping World signed a seven-year extension in 2014 to remain the title sponsor of the Truck Series until at least 2022. On May 8, 2018, NASCAR and Camping World announced

1550-641: The Craftsman brand from Sears in 2017 —under which the series would return to being known as the Craftsman Truck Series beginning in 2023. As part of the deal, Stanley Black & Decker also became the official tool brand of NASCAR. Most of the first drivers in the series were veteran short track drivers who had not made it or struggled to thrive in the other NASCAR national series; for example, 1991 Featherlite Southwest Tour champion Rick Carelli had failed to qualify twelve times for Cup races across 1991–1994, with only nine career Cup starts, but he finished sixth in

1612-791: The Fox broadcast network. For the 2018 season, the UNOH 200 at Bristol aired in prime time on Fox. For the 2020 season, the Clean Harbors 200 aired on Fox. In 2022, the CRC Brakleen 150 was moved to Fox. In 2023, the Tyson 250 was moved. Motor Racing Network has exclusive radio broadcasting rights to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The series was notable in seeing the return of Chrysler Corporation factory-supported race vehicles to

1674-585: The Truck Series began racing at Eldora Speedway , the first time NASCAR had raced at a dirt track since the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season. As of the 2023 season, the series races on 21 tracks: one dirt track ( Bristol ), two road courses ( Circuit of the Americas and Mid-Ohio ), five short tracks ( Bristol , Martinsville , Richmond , North Wilkesboro , and Indianapolis Raceway Park ), three superspeedways ( Daytona , Talladega , and Pocono ) and nine intermediate ovals. The second most recent addition to

1736-703: The Truck Series competed primarily on short tracks and tracks in the Western United States ; the series' inaugural schedule included races at tracks in Arizona , California , Colorado , Oregon and Washington , with only five races in the Southeastern U.S. , such as Louisville Motor Speedway , which was not run by the Cup Series. Additionally, the longest tracks run by the series, Phoenix International Raceway and Milwaukee Mile , were one mile long. By 1998, most of

1798-637: The Truck Series field Ram trucks. The Truck Series was the first major NASCAR series to feature Toyota , with the Toyota Tundra model making its debut in the series in 2004 ; Toyota had previously competed in the mostly regional level Goody's Dash Series . The Japanese automaker became the first foreign nameplate to race in NASCAR during the sport's modern era. Toyota would later join the Cup series and Xfinity series as well, doing so in 2007 . All figures correct as of

1860-565: The Truck Series' title sponsorship would be switched to its subsidiary Gander Outdoors starting in 2019, renaming it the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. The series was slightly renamed to the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020, but returned to the Camping World Truck Series branding the following season. On August 26, 2022, NASCAR announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Stanley Black & Decker —which had acquired

1922-689: The addition of the Richard Petty Driving Experience. New to Evergreen Speedway is a state of the art Motocross Track and beginners MX track for riders 65cc and under. Also new to Evergreen is a new ATV race facility. Evergreen Speedway is the premiere "Short Track" on the Northwest, in addition to being named the #2 Figure 8 track in America. Evergreen Speedway is one of the stops of the Formula Drift professional drift series. Along with

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1984-585: The attention of drivers like sprint car racing star Sammy Swindell , Walker Evans of off-road racing fame, open-wheel veteran Mike Bliss , and Atlanta Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville . The inaugural race, the Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway , was held on February 5; the race, featuring an event-record crowd of 38,000 spectators, concluded with eventual series champion Mike Skinner holding off Cup veteran Terry Labonte to win. Only one team from

2046-412: The break in a time without stress. However, starting in 1998, NASCAR introduced competition cautions, with each team being awarded four sets of tires; with this rule change, the halftime break was abolished starting with the race at Pikes Peak International Raceway . In 1999, full pit stops were added, with drivers being allowed to pit during races, but were not allowed to change more than two tires during

2108-461: The clock restarted from 20:00, and each caution for an incident reset the clock back to 20:00. As is the case in the short track rules, no competition caution would be used in the final 20 laps, except for tracks where lap times are 50 seconds or greater (Pocono or Mosport), where the limit was ten laps, or Eldora because of its format. In 2017, this was replaced with the stage system adopted by all other NASCAR national series that season. Initially,

2170-485: The event because of the ongoing national financial panic. Other fairs were held in Everett , the new county seat , Monroe , and Snohomish at various sites. The Snohomish County Fairgrounds was established in 1911 at a 8-acre (3.2 ha) site on the west side of the city, but was only used by the county fair until 1916. The Snohomish County Fair moved to Granite Falls in 1922 and was later replaced by community fairs, named

2232-450: The family operation), Rich Bickle , Andy Houston , Todd Bodine , Bobby Hamilton Jr. and previous champions Johnny Benson, Mike Skinner, Ron Hornaday , Ted Musgrave , and Jack Sprague . Older drivers dominated the series, most with Xfinity and Cup Series experience: in 2007, all the top-10 drivers were over 30 years of age, and 7 of the 10 had Cup experience, as did every race winner except Erik Darnell . Even though novice drivers play

2294-471: The fastest lap counting. At tracks longer than 1.25 miles each truck only gets one timed lap. Road course events use a 2 part knockout qualifying format similar to Formula 1, with the top 12 qualifiers from Q1 advancing to Q2. At the event at Eldora, qualifying sets the lineups for a series of heat races which then determines the lineup. Initially, the series used a number of rules that differed from both Winston Cup and Busch Grand National Series racing. Most of

2356-631: The first lap of a green-white-checkered finish, the entire situation would be reset. This rule meant some races would be greatly extended. In 1998, a CBS -televised race in Pikes Peak scheduled for 186 laps ran 198 laps (12 extra laps) because of multiple attempts, and the last such race, in Gateway International Raceway in 2004, lasted 14 additional laps (16.25 miles). A July 24, 2004 rule change for NASCAR's three national series meant only one "green-white-checkered" finish can be attempted, and

2418-426: The first races were no longer than 125 miles in length, with many being 150-lap races on short tracks. To save teams money by not requiring teams to hire pit specialists and buy extra tires, and because some tracks – Saugus Speedway , Flemington Raceway , Tucson Raceway Park , Evergreen Speedway and Colorado National Speedway most notably—did not have a pit road safe enough for pit stops , or had pits outside

2480-446: The first season of the series, FDNY Racing , is still racing in the series today. At the end of the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule, Craftsman ended its sponsorship of the series. Subsequently, Camping World signed a seven-year contract with NASCAR, rebranding the series as the Camping World Truck Series. With decreasing money and increasing costs, the series has struggled financially with sponsorship and prize money,

2542-435: The inaugural Truck Series championship. It is worth noting that most of the early champions have become NASCAR Cup Series regulars later in their careers, such as 1995 champion Skinner, who joined Richard Childress Racing 's Cup team in 1997, competing on a full-time basis until 2003. Professional football coach Jerry Glanville was among the series' first drivers. As the years went on, a number of younger drivers debuted in

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2604-404: The incident occurred or how severe it was). Ironically, the first Truck Series race under the new rules ended with a yellow flag on the final lap. In 2014, NASCAR banned tandem drafting , a method of racing in which two vehicles would line up with each other to gain speed, from the Truck Series. Drivers who commit the act are black-flagged. In the 2016 season, the Truck Series experimented with

2666-565: The latter often being low, while the former would prompt teams to shut down to reduce in size. Teams like Richard Childress Racing , a Cup team with 31 Truck wins, shut down their Truck operations; in RCR's case, after the 2013 season. After the 2014 season, Brad Keselowski stated his Brad Keselowski Racing team had lost $ 1 million despite recording a win that year, and told the Sporting News : "The truck series, you have to be able to lose money on

2728-480: The next few years, but auto racing was not. In 1962 Dick Norton signed a ten-year contract to promote events on the track. After signing the contract, he planned on running a few end of the season events on the dirt but was unable to do so. The track was paved in the early 1963 and the first events were held over the Memorial Day weekend. An inner 1/5th mile track and the figure eight track was paved in 1966 and in 1967

2790-432: The original bleachers were demolished and the current grandstands built. Through the years the track played host to a wide variety of racing events including Sprint Cars, Roadsters, Midgets, Figure Eights, Foreign Stock, Modified, Hobby Stocks, Jalopies, Limited Sportsmen, Demolition, Grand National, Winston West, NASCAR Northwest Tour, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Stinger-8, Hornets and Bombers. Evergreen Speedway also hosted

2852-522: The professional drift series, Evergreen Speedway is also the location for the Evergreen Drift ProAm series. Evergreen Drift is the Northwest series that feeds drivers into the Pro ranks of FD. Through Evergreen Drift, Evergreen Speedway plays host to not only the series events but also many open drift and drift school events. Evergreen Speedway hosted a Global RallyCross Championship round in 2016. It

2914-591: The race at Mesa Marin Speedway as part of its Wide World of Sports program. In 2001, NASCAR moved the series exclusively to cable, first with ESPN, and in 2003, switched to Speed , a network which provided supplemental coverage for Fox's coverage of NASCAR events . Network television returned to the series from 2007 to 2010 when two races per season (the Kroger 250 at Martinsville and the City of Mansfield 250 at Mansfield , with

2976-399: The race can end under yellow in one of four situations—inclement weather, darkness, the yellow flag waving because of an incident during the final lap of a race, or the yellow flag waving after the one attempt at green-white-checkered begins. This was later extended by NASCAR to three attempts. (Although reducing the Truck Series attempts at a green-white-checkered finish to one, the rule change

3038-525: The race weekend was being staged by CART and not NASCAR, its rules had to be followed. As a result, the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was effective. Thus, any driver who participated in the race weekend had to be at least 18 years of age. The rule affected Roush Racing 's No. 99 truck driven by Kyle Busch , as he was underage at the time (16) and thus disqualified from the event despite having already qualified. The issue resulted in

3100-406: The rule mandated that all races must end with a minimum of two consecutive laps in green flag condition, often referred to as a "green-white-checkered" finish . Since racing to the yellow flag was prohibited until 1998 (and again in 2003 under the current free pass rule ), scoring reverted to the last completed lap, and until racing back to the line was legalized in 1998, if the yellow waved during

3162-463: The series schedule is Atlanta Motor Speedway , which returned to hosting Truck races in 2015 after a two-year absence. The most recent addition to the series schedule is North Wilkesboro Speedway which returned to hosting Truck races after a twenty-six–year absence. The 1995 season's races were nationally televised on ESPN , TNN , ABC and CBS . Of the 20-race schedule, TNN aired ten races, while ESPN aired seven races and CBS two, while ABC aired

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3224-447: The series, using the series as a springboard for their racing careers. NASCAR stars Greg Biffle , Kevin Harvick , Jamie McMurray , Kurt Busch , Carl Edwards , and Kyle Busch each started in the series. A 2001 Truck Series race incident resulted in a significant NASCAR rule change. In early November of that year, the Truck Series was running as a support race for CART 's Marlboro 500 , that series' final event of its season; since

3286-517: The series; and young drivers who use the Truck Series to enter NASCAR. A Truck Series field currently consists of 36 trucks in races with qualifying. Previously, 32 trucks comprised a field, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the field was increased to 36 in races with qualifying and 40 without to accommodate as many trucks as possible. For most races, a single-truck qualifying format is used. For tracks 1.25 miles and shorter, each truck gets two laps with

3348-481: The short tracks were phased out in favor of speedways of 1 to 2 miles in length, and more of the races were held at tracks that hosted Cup and Busch events concurrently, but some races were held with CART and Indy Racing League events. Road courses were phased out by 2001, the last race being in 2000 at Watkins Glen International , but returned in 2013 with the Truck race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park . Also in 2013,

3410-821: The sponsorship to dub the Camping World Truck Series from 2009 through 2018, followed by the Gander Outdoors Truck Series in 2019, the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020, and a return to the Camping World name in 2021 and 2022. Stanley Black & Decker, which acquired the Craftsman brand in 2017, took over starting in 2023. The idea for the Truck Series dates back to 1991. A group of SCORE off-road racers (Dick Landfield, Jimmy Smith , Jim Venable, and Frank "Scoop" Vessels ) had concerns about desert racing 's future, and decided to create

3472-605: The third tier behind the second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series and the top level NASCAR Cup Series . The 2023 season was the first with Stanley Black & Decker holding the series' naming rights . Previously, Sears, Roebuck & Co held title sponsorship from 1995 through 2008 with the Craftsman brand, during which the series was known as the NASCAR SuperTruck Series in 1995 and the Craftsman Truck Series from 1996 through 2008. Camping World took over

3534-418: The track for use in racing his Ford Model T roadster. The fair board, led by manager Bob Follis, promoted racing events over the Memorial Day and July 4 holidays in 1955. Poor weather hampered the events and after losing much money the fair board contracted with Gents Enterprises out of Seattle to promote events in 1956. Those events were discontinued in July 1956. The track continued with equestrian events over

3596-530: The track, starting with the second race of the series in Tucson, NASCAR adopted a five-minute "halftime" break, in place of pit stops, where teams could make any changes they would want to the truck. The only time tire changes were possible were for the interest of safety, such as a tire failure, or a danger to the tire. The rule was popular with television and fans, and was spread for the entire schedule afterwards as pit reporters could interview drivers and crew chiefs for

3658-475: The tracks. Chrysler withdrew its factory support of its Dodge and Plymouth brands after the 1972 season to cut costs, though teams continued to campaign cars with Plymouth and Dodge sheetmetal and power plants until 1985. Chrysler funded a small R&D effort, with factory funding and support for Dodge to return to NASCAR for the Craftsman Truck Series with the Dodge Ram pickup truck in 1997. By 2001 Dodge made

3720-477: Was confirmed later that Evergreen will also have a round in 2017. Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck -based stock cars . The series is one of three national divisions of NASCAR, ranking as

3782-407: Was part of NASCAR's implementation of the rule to the Cup and Busch Series due to complaints regarding NASCAR's policy at the time regarding late race cautions; the policy stated that a red flag would be thrown during a late race caution to attempt to ensure the race would finish under green but if a caution occurred after the window for the red flag, the race would end under caution regardless of where

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3844-422: Was the first West Coast facility to feature a 500 lap NASCAR event. Douglas Hobbs has extensive automobile, world stage events management, such as four Olympic Games and regional and NASCAR experience, assisting Evergreen Speedway landing the Craftsman Truck Series to Evergreen Speedway. Today Evergreen Speedway hosts a number of local as well as regional racing series'. The NASCAR Whelen All American Series runs on

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